EQUIPMENT

Our computational resources include:

Nuredduna: An IBM iDataPlex cluster with 48 dx360M4 diskless nodes and a total of 576 computational cores and 1.8 TB of RAM configured for High Throughput Computing (HTC) and used for intensive numerical calculations.

Distributed database cluster: used for big data storage and management. Data is handled using MongoDB non-relational database which is distributed over 10 shards, each consisting of three storage servers replicating data. Storage servers are IBM dx360M2 machines with 8 cores, 4 TB of disk and 80GB of RAM.

Private cloud: OpenStack cluster with 10 dx360M2 compute nodes and a total of 80 cores and 392 GB of RAM used to handle virtual computers. Object and file system storage is provided by a Ceph cluster with 7 dx360M2 nodes with 8 cores, 4 TB of disk and 32 GB of RAM.

NFS server: with 40 TB of raw storage capacity, 128 GB of RAM and 4x256 GB SSD cache, powered by ZFS and used to store user’s home directories.

Backup server: with 72 TB of raw storage capacity powered by ZFS with and used to back up home directories, the data repository, operating systems and configurations, and laptops user’s data.

Computational servers: Two servers with 256GB of RAM, one with 32 cores and the other with 20, used for memory intensive scientific calculations.

Transparent
access to computational clusters and servers is provided through a
fully integrated network of about 60 Linux desktops complemented by
several windows desktops and iMacs and around 40 laptops.

The
above equipment is complemented by a 44" plotter Epson Stylus Pro 9880,
several laser and laser color printers and multi-functional systems.

IFISC has also developed a specific system to life webcast seminars and to distribute the recordings on demand.